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Copper & Kings to launch Alley Cat Gin

Dana McMahan, Special to the Courier-Journal
Published 4:16 p.m. ET March 21, 2016

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Copper and Kings is hosting the first Taste of Butchertown event.The distilleryis opening a new brandy bar in the building, ALEX&NDER.(Photo: Matt Herp, Matt Herp, Special to the C-J)Buy Photo

Copper & Kings will launch their Alley Cat Gin, an apple brandy based gin aged for 22 months in a Kentucky bourbon barrel, with a tasting on April 8 at 7 p.m. The event also features self-guided distillery tours, a seminar and demonstration on the history of gin in cocktails by master bartender Chris Wilkins, and bottle signings by distiller Brandon O’Daniel and label artist Douglas Miller. Cost: $10.

Crescent Hill Craft House, 2636 Frankfort Ave., will host a farm to table beer dinner with Country Boy Brewing at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 29. The featured beers include Alpha Experiment IPA; Nacho Bait, blonde ale brewed with habaneros; Crab Apple Saison, made with locally sourced crab apples; Wild Red Ale, red ale brewed and aged for one year with Brett yeast, then aged a second year in Jack Daniels barrels; Black Gold Porter; and Nate's Coffee Stout aged in Kentucky sorghum rum barrels. The dinner costs $65 per person, plus tax and tip.

Brasserie Provence, 150 North Hurstbourne Parkway, will host a wine dinner featuring Sean Minor Winery at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 7. On the menu: gnocchi, roasted pork loin, goat cheese soufflé and chocolate ganache tartlette for dessert. Among the wines pairings will be the first release of the H. Mynors Zinfandel 2013. Cost: $65 per person plus tax & tip.